Korean Idioms & Expressions

기진맥진하다

gijinmaekjinhada

Literal meaning

氣盡脈盡 — energy exhausted, pulse exhausted

To be utterly drained, exhausted to the point of barely functioning. A more formal/literary four-character expression than 녹초가 되다.

Korean	English
마라톤을 완주하고 나니 기진맥진했어요. maratoneul wanjuhago nani gijinmaekjinhaesseoyo.	After finishing the whole marathon, I was completely spent.

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